Kathleen Ryan, Screwdriver, 2023. Courtesy of the artist, François Ghebaly, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Spotlight: Kathleen Ryan
on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco
October 25, 2024–February 23, 2025
Kathleen Ryan’s sculptures reimagine the detritus of American consumerism, creating a spectacular vision of beauty and abundance now marred by decay. Originally inspired by holiday kitsch—artificial fruit ornaments frozen in time—Ryan enlarges these trinkets into monumental sculptures, mixing precious materials with salvaged objects.
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Kathleen Ryan, Bad Lemon (Eclipse), 2020, aventurine, serpentine, ruby in zoisite, amethyst, labradorite, hematite, carnelian, tiger eye, brecciated jasper, tektite, citrine, agate, sesame jasper, snowflake obsidian, amazonite, quartz, smoky quartz, pyrite, moonstone, lava rock, onyx marble, marble, glass, steel pins on coated polystyrene, 16 × 16 × 18 inches; 40.6 × 40.6 × 45.7 cm
Kathleen Ryan in Fruiting Bodies
at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
June 23 — July 29, 2022
521 West 21st Street
New York, NY 10011
You are what you eat is an aphorism so often repeated, the power of its proposition hides in plain sight. Nevertheless, food is a powerful vehicle for storytelling, inextricably connected with the construction of personal and collective identity. In this exhibition, food functions as a medium and subject. Artists mine food’s cultivation, exchange, consumption, and the social and cultural rituals that accrue to it, as a means to examine complex intersections of history, politics, language, psychology, and natural science. A uniquely embodied form of knowledge, food offers fertile ground for artistic and intellectual inquiry into the human and more-than-human realms.
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Kathleen Ryan, Generator III, 2022, quartz crystal, silver-plated stainless steal cable, silver crimps, steal, Buick hood, 65 2⁄3 × 61 × 12 inches; 166 × 155 × 31 cm
Kathleen Ryan, Red Rose
at Josh Lilley, London
June 9 — August 5, 2022
40, 46 Riding House St
London W1W 7EX, United Kingdom
Get in close to Kathleen Ryan’s new body of work and gleaming topographies unfold. At that range, they’re cityscapes, or cells, or circuit boards. What seemed at first organic – fruit, for the most part, swamped by mould – turns, to a patient eye, industrial. And the industrial, embodied in the rusted, busted objects she drags into the studio, seems in turn revitalised through Ryan’s slow acts of making.
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Kathleen Ryan, Bad Lemon (Sour Blush), 2020, aventurine, smokey quartz, rhodonite, calcite, quartz, labradorite, green line jasper, kambaba jasper, pink opal, citrine, amethyst, rose quartz, agate, serpentine, pink lepidolite, malachite, mother of pearl, freshwater pearl, bone, glass, acrylic, steel pins on coated polystyrene, 28 × 19½ × 18½ inches; 71.1 × 49.5 × 47 cm
Kathleen Ryan in Women’s Work
at Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown, NY
May 26 — September 26, 2022
635 S Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
This groundbreaking exhibition tracks the deep, pervasive, and continuing influence of the historic female domestic craft tradition in the practice of contemporary women artists and invites new investigations into the position of women in the contemporary art world. These historic and contemporary works by women artists will be on view this summer.
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Strange Attractors, The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art, Vol. 3: Lost In Space, Organized by Bob Nickas, APALAZZOGALLERY, 2022, installation view photo: Agnese Bedini, DSL Studio, Courtesy of APALAZZOGALLERY
Kathleen Ryan in The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art
at APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia, Italy
May 21 — September 18, 2022
Piazza Tebaldo Brusato
35 – 25121 Brescia, Italy
APALAZZOGALLERY is happy to announce its upcoming exhibition organized by the American writer and curator, Bob Nickas, Strange Attractors, The Anthology Of Interplanetary Folk Art, Vol. 3: Lost In Space. This is the third and final installment of his Strange Attractors series which began with an exhibition in Los Angeles in 2017, Life On Earth, followed by another in New York in 2018, The Rings of Saturn.
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Kathleen Ryan, Daisy Chain, 2021, plastics, 153 × 128 × 48 inches; 388.6 × 325.1 × 121.9 cm
Join Hugh Hayden, Leilah Babirye, Alex Da Corte, Hannah Levy, and Kathleen Ryan as they reflect on the impact of their art education on their practices. By sharing first-hand accounts, the artists contribute to larger conversations surrounding equity in art education. The conversation is moderated by Jon Kessler.
The program is held in conjunction with Hugh Hayden’s Brier Patch, on view in Madison Square Park through May 1. The event is free and open to all. Limited in-person ticketing is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The event will also be livestreamed.
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Kathleen Ryan,
Bad Grapes (Desert Island), 2021
Agate, turquoise, amazonite, tektite, aquamarine, magnesite, jasper, garnet, Ching Hai jade, onyx, serpentine, glass, steel pins on coated polystyrene, copper tube and copper fittings
38½ × 35¾ × 28½ inches; 97.8 × 90.8 × 72.4 cm
Kathleen Ryan in “A Través” Group Show
at James Cohan
January 14, 2022 – February 19, 2022
52 Walker Street
10013 New York
James Cohan is pleased to present A Través, a group exhibition on view from January 14 through February 19, 2022, at 52 Walker Street. The gallery will host an opening on Friday, January 14 from 10 AM to 6 PM. Masks and proof of vaccination are required for entry.
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